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[Ned Nederlander]

3 hours ago, coprolite said:

Team GB, NI, Hebrides (both types), Orkney, Shetland, Thanet, Wight, Anglesey, Channel Islands and The Isle of Man is a bit of a mouthful though.

Is Berwick not in some sort of limbo state that means it's still at war with Russia or some shite?

[Ned Nederlander]

5 hours ago, D Angelo Barksdale said:

Getting extremely vexed about flegs again.

For 'sports fans' read editing team engineering fake outrage for it's readership of monobrowed oddballs.

[topcat(The most tip top)]

18 minutes ago, Ned Nederlander said:

Is Berwick not in some sort of limbo state that means it's still at war with Russia or some shite?

It's uncertain whether they technically ever really were but the mayor of Berwick met a Pravda journalist and declared an end to hostilities assuring that the people of Russia could finally sleep safely in their bed

In sports terms it is in a limbo state with Football clubs in both pyramids and a rugby club which is simultaneously a member of both the RFU and SRU 

[lichtgilphead]

Is the Sun aware of the 1904 games in St Louis, where the "British" team competed in green shirts with a shamrock on the front?

Our "British" gold medal winner Tom Kiely, refused all funding from the British Olympic Association, paid his own way, and insisted he was representing Ireland.

However, as Team GB likes to boast that they are the only nation to have won at least one gold at every summer games, they insist on classifying him as "British"

Sad f*cks.

[topcat(The most tip top)]

2 minutes ago, lichtgilphead said:

Is the Sun aware of the 1904 games in St Louis, where the "British" team competed in green shirts with a shamrock on the front?

Our "British" gold medal winner Tom Kiely, refused all funding from the British Olympic Association, paid his own way, and insisted he was representing Ireland.

However, as Team GB likes to boast that they are the only nation to have won at least one gold at every summer games, they insist on classifying him as "British"

Sad f*cks.

I looked into the St Louis games  and apparently 1904 was the last year you could enter a mixed team for team events.

The Mens Gymnastics was won by five Americans and an Austrian

The Tug of War went to four Americans and a German

In Paris 1900 the cricket final was won by Devon and Somerset Wanderers against the French Athletic Club Union who fielded 9 British players and three frenchmen that was the only cricket match in olympic history

The idea of there even being a "Team GB" (as we'd think of it now) in 1904 is a bit of an anachronism never mind whether Tom Kiely was part of one

 

 

 

[lichtgilphead]

15 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said:

The idea of there even being a "Team GB" (as we'd think of it now) in 1904 is a bit of an anachronism never mind whether Tom Kiely was part of one

The Team GB website would appear to disagree with your view

https://www.teamgb.com/competitions/st-louis-1904/3dHUQMzc0aOUJ4TFYkpm5l

[A Diamond For Me]

1 hour ago, topcat(The most tip top) said:

I looked into the St Louis games  and apparently 1904 was the last year you could enter a mixed team for team events.

The Mens Gymnastics was won by five Americans and an Austrian

The Tug of War went to four Americans and a German

In Paris 1900 the cricket final was won by Devon and Somerset Wanderers against the French Athletic Club Union who fielded 9 British players and three frenchmen that was the only cricket match in olympic history

The idea of there even being a "Team GB" (as we'd think of it now) in 1904 is a bit of an anachronism never mind whether Tom Kiely was part of one

 

 

 

They should bring back Tug of War as an Olympic sport tbf.  Great fun.

[A Diamond For Me]

On 30/03/2024 at 10:46, RawB93 said:

f**k this, man.

This Black Mirror stuff is getting a little on the nose, isn't it?

[HibeeJibee]

4 hours ago, Ned Nederlander said:

Is Berwick not in some sort of limbo state that means it's still at war with Russia or some shite?

That's an apocryphal myth - that Queen Victoria declared war on Russia in 1854 as Queen of "England, Scotland, Berwick-on-Tweed, Ireland" etc., but Berwick wasn't named on signing peace.

It's true that for much of history Berwick - and Monmouthshire - were named specifically in legislation... but there is no evidence the supposed Crimean War scenario ever occurred, nor would the omission have been diplomatically relevant anyway, as all lay within the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland.

[Mark Connolly]

9 hours ago, topcat(The most tip top) said:

 

What about Lindisfarne

Meet Me on the Corner is a tremendous tune, but Fog on the Tyne is dreadful

[Fullerene]

6 hours ago, Ned Nederlander said:

Is Berwick not in some sort of limbo state that means it's still at war with Russia or some shite?

When English teams were banned from playing in European competitions, UEFA did make an exception for Berwick Rangers.

Sadly they chose not to rise to the occasion.

Don't know why 

 

[A Diamond For Me]

14 hours ago, Mark Connolly said:

Meet Me on the Corner is a tremendous tune, but Fog on the Tyne is dreadful

Paul Gascoigne's cover of that song is one of the weirdest things ever recorded.  Captain Beefheart doesn't come close.

[Dan Steele]

Got a spare £150 and fancy having a look at a dining room and a corridor? Here's the very thing at a gaff at Balmoral. You'll even get a sandwich and some tea.

"Parts of Balmoral Castle used by the royal family will open to the public for the first time – for those who have deep pockets.

For £100 for an adult ticket – and an extra £50 for those wishing to partake of afternoon tea – guided summer tours of the castle in Aberdeenshire are being offered, limited to 40 people a day and in groups restricted to 10 people.

It is the first time since the castle’s completion in 1855 that visitors will be shown two dining rooms, the drawing room, the page’s lobby and the red corridor, where King Charles greeted Rishi Sunak.

[Venti]

1 hour ago, Dan Steele said:

Got a spare £150 and fancy having a look at a dining room and a corridor? Here's the very thing at a gaff at Balmoral. You'll even get a sandwich and some tea.

"Parts of Balmoral Castle used by the royal family will open to the public for the first time – for those who have deep pockets.

For £100 for an adult ticket – and an extra £50 for those wishing to partake of afternoon tea – guided summer tours of the castle in Aberdeenshire are being offered, limited to 40 people a day and in groups restricted to 10 people.

It is the first time since the castle’s completion in 1855 that visitors will be shown two dining rooms, the drawing room, the page’s lobby and the red corridor, where King Charles greeted Rishi Sunak.

Is the 'red corridor' where you get slaughtered after your afternoon tea?

[Dan Steele]

4 minutes ago, Venti said:

Is the 'red corridor' where you get slaughtered after your afternoon tea?

Named for the folk red faced with embarrassment at being stung for £150 to see a couple of the 200 or whatever rooms, more like.

[Sergeant Wilson]

1 hour ago, Dan Steele said:

is the first time since the castle’s completion in 1855 that visitors will be shown two dining rooms, the drawing room, the page’s lobby and the red corridor, where King Charles greeted Rishi Sunak.

I read that as the Page's bobby.

[Dan Steele]

1 hour ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

I read that as the Page's bobby.

I think that's on the list of available extras.

[carpetmonster]

 

[superwell87]

1 hour ago, carpetmonster said:

 

[Swarley]

12 hours ago, carpetmonster said:

 

They want to build a massive church just for flegs?